Tag Archives: perception

the lion appears – August 28

8.23.2015 the lion appears large sleepy eyes gazing   I look back affecting calm, lean to breathe into its face   as it opens its mouth to chew on my hand   like a dog not yet biting down but … Continue reading

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in the chair – August 18

8.19.2015 the glint of tools sonic buzz of drill dentist presence a trust moment. ———————–

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athlete’s body – July 24

7.24.2015 athlete’s body worn before normal time tissue, bone, corpuscles wear and tear exacerbated.   is there something about the winning that we lessers don’t get for the losing   was it worth it ————————-

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toting want – July 10

I toted numbers looking for a pattern of hopefulness against want   then I sat down for an ice cream cone and was satisfied. ——————

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VOG – May 20

5.20.2105 I’ve been up for two hours sitting in my pajamas with a bowl of cheerios in my hand and a blank stare.   there must be something in the air. ————————

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Keoua trembled – May 7

5.7.2015    [Keoua trembled] Keoua trembled when the earth exploded knowing in his soul that Pele had rejected him.   the road to his sacrifice was only a foregone, foretold, last step. —————– *In 1790 Keoua was the last chieftain … Continue reading

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quiet forevers – April 26

4.26.2015 I sit in a pastel red garden chair, breathing, watching, feeling the spring air, chirrup, chirrup surround from the pond and quick shock of screech from a pheasant   a bird moves ever so imperceptibly, and dog’s large head … Continue reading

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stiffness – February 28

2.28.2015 stiffness hardens the hands that type   age creeping toward a distance   from the vision of my self as solid. —————

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the game – January 22

1.22.2015 half-way through I realized that it wasn’t about me   that the outcome had nothing to do   with whether I cheered or didn’t, anguished or didn’t.   grown men played a game that I cared about   but … Continue reading

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soul mated – January 12

 1.12.2015 what lies beyond hitting the marks vocation found, living earned, a home built, family raised, soul mated   we strive so long and then what   what comes next not after the end next but within, here, now next … Continue reading

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